Faith Before the Flood: When the Waters Recede

8/30/2026 - 14th Sunday after Pentecost. Pastor Paul Bennett will share a message titled, “When the Waters Recede,” based on ​Genesis 8:15-22.

Faith before the flood draws us into God’s embrace as the terrible flood waters begin to encircle us.

But where does our faith stand when we’ve been bobbing helplessly on top of the flood waters for six months, nine months, an entire year?

Hopefully we find ourselves asking the question we should have been asking all along: What is it we’re truly seeking with our life of faith?

With the flood dragging on and on, is our faith built solely upon the expectation that God will remove the flood?

Is it built upon the comfort and sustenance we receive from Him in the midst?

Or……is the true prize of our faith what it ought to be, the reward of knowing our Lord and Creator and walking side by side with Him daily?

If so, even while the flood persists, we still have everything we need.

And when the water recedes, the new life in the Lord we’ve established will have us soaring higher than ever before.